Rural Philosophy: Or, Reflections on Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness : Chiefly in Reference to a Life of Retirement in the CountryA. Strahan, 1804 - 383 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة vi
... sufficient to observe , that an author who associates the names of Voltaire and Rousseau with that of the illustrious Bacon , and who regards their writings in common as devoted to the in- struction and happiness of mankind * , must ...
... sufficient to observe , that an author who associates the names of Voltaire and Rousseau with that of the illustrious Bacon , and who regards their writings in common as devoted to the in- struction and happiness of mankind * , must ...
الصفحة ix
... sufficient to justify , or , at least , to excuse its publication . That there exists at present amongst us a lamentable want of rural philosophy , or of that wisdom which teaches a man at once to enjoy and to improve a life of ...
... sufficient to justify , or , at least , to excuse its publication . That there exists at present amongst us a lamentable want of rural philosophy , or of that wisdom which teaches a man at once to enjoy and to improve a life of ...
الصفحة xvi
... sufficient , would do us little service , unless , at the same time it could point out some ade- quate means of relief * . My appeal is not from reason absolutely considered , but from reason warped by prejudice , and darkened by ...
... sufficient , would do us little service , unless , at the same time it could point out some ade- quate means of relief * . My appeal is not from reason absolutely considered , but from reason warped by prejudice , and darkened by ...
الصفحة xxv
... parts for as many strictures of this nature as would sufficiently answer my purpose ; which was , to consider human learning simply in its relation to virtue and happiness . In treating of the knowledge of God , I have PREFACE .
... parts for as many strictures of this nature as would sufficiently answer my purpose ; which was , to consider human learning simply in its relation to virtue and happiness . In treating of the knowledge of God , I have PREFACE .
الصفحة xxviii
... sufficient to shew the nature and scope of those which follow . The whole is now committed to the candour of the reader ; but , above all , to that divine blessing , which can prosper the meanest endeavours , and without which the ...
... sufficient to shew the nature and scope of those which follow . The whole is now committed to the candour of the reader ; but , above all , to that divine blessing , which can prosper the meanest endeavours , and without which the ...
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